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Do People Read Anymore? Can They?

Discussion in 'Education & Learning' started by Ken Anderson, Oct 18, 2024.

  1. Marie Mallery

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    Most are now online or phones. Sad seeing the library go.
    Like the drive in's, most now rent movies online.
     
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    I got book for you- just finished it the Housemaids Secret,by Freida McFadden !
    got on Friday at the Library -finished Sunday by 6 pm . A real page turner and easy read
     
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    I have read the House Maids Secret too and I have enjoyed it. I have read a lot of Frieda McFadden's books.
     
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    I got two more of hers yesterday !
     
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    This was interesting:



    I think he tries to go really soft on non-readers though.

    Best part may have been what I think was his intent to say "voting Republican is a sign of low literacy due to susceptibility to propaganda" (see 2:43 into the video). In fact the data he displays suggests almost the exact opposite!

    But perhaps I took him wrong.
     
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    @Jacob Petersheim, I haven't watched the video yet, although I will. Nevertheless, I don't want my ignorance of the facts to prohibit me from having an opinion, so I'll offer it now. To me, the idea that people with low literacy are more likely to vote Republican is akin to the oft-reported statistics about college-educated people being more likely to vote Democrat. Generally, the media and other Democrats usually present this so as to suggest that smarter people vote Democrat when, in reality (my reality, anyhow), a college education today is more about indoctrination than education, so it would stand to reason that those who have subjected themselves to more years of propaganda are more likely to be persuaded by it. The same could be true of reading. Although it would depend on what you read, the literature most promoted by media will likely lean left. Even when I look back on most of the recommended books while I was in elementary school, high school, and college, a large percentage of them were left-leaning, and that problem has gotten worse today. Later today, I'll watch the video to see if I even came close.
     
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    You really only need to watch the segment near the beginning for that point. And for all I know he was trying to make the opposite comment because his map clearly shows New York and California as having very low literacy levels compared to most States.

    But all of that's a minor sideshow to the main point about literacy in general.
     
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    Okay, when I first tried to watch the video, I was prompted to log into YouTube to ensure that I was not a bot. When I did that, I was presented with a different video altogether; it was interesting, but it wasn't the same video. I am currently watching the right video, however. Yes, it is clear that he is a Leftist and proud of it. He seems to believe that women don't have access to education. Since that statement came after he had posted the illiteracy rates in the United States, I will assume that he thinks that women aren't allowed to attend school in the United States. Vote Kamala, and she'll stop that nonsense. I will suggest that a large portion of adult illiterates in the United States are recent immigrants. However, it is likely true that U.S. public schools aren't concerned about whether someone can read or not, as long as they respect peoples' pronouns and vote Democrat. They can get all the information they need from MSNBC and CNN, after all. I do agree with much of what he says about reading, however.
     
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    We're susceptible to propadanda (lies)?? This is so typical of the lefties, as they've been accusing the Right of "all" the things they are actually guilty for and who's believing, more lefties! I mean seriously, who, with any brains at all would vote for harris/walz if they had the slightest clue of what is really happening outside the fantasy bubble they must live in!

    And..no..I'm not listening to some idiot, when I can listen to you guys tell me he's full of crap, and know I can trust your info;)
     
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    I love to read, some Gothic novels that help me fall asleep :p but especially mornings I love reading my bible/devotionals, and a lot on alternative health/nutrition/meds/exercise. I'm always thinking about something I need to look up, study, find out about. I wasn't interested in reading in school, at all! I can't believe I became so very intelligent, LOL!! :rolleyes:
     
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    Tro
     
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    Thanks Mary, I'll take a look ;)
     
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    I can't say I read a lot of educational things, only about alternative health (I mean something other than a pill-fix), but I recently started a new series of books, and I love the one I'm reading, so far.
    Author: E.B. Wheeler
    Title: A Haunted Masquerade, a ghostly

    Summary: When Charlotte's younger brother is held for ransom while fleeing the French Revolution, she'll do whatever it takes to raise the funds to free him. She doesn't expect that to involve masquerading as a boy so her spoiled English cousins will take her in. Or that the ghost haunting their house will befriend her.

    Now, under the ghost's guidance, she's playing a dangerous game of double identities. She works by day as a boy and attends balls and parties by night as a lady. But the handsome, heartless Lord Treverton has taken notice of her. He could be an ally, or the undoing of her and her brother.

    A Haunted Season mystery-romance inspired by Cinderella (low spice level).

    Yes, a good "fairy tale" I believe is fun to distract from realities of this life. If you do too, try this author as she is rather good at telling a story imo ;) denise

    It may be in libraries, I haven't checked, but I found this one and others as well in my Kindle Unlimited Library:)
     
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    I watched the video although he did have a point, I don't think he took into consideration of some reasons why elders don't read as much, like vision problems and the fact that many of us don't comprehend as well as we used to.
    I do agree all need to read more. And reading online in forums like SOC with large screen tv really helps with the vision part. Although sometimes video's do help with subjects we want to discuss without writing it all out.
     
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    Also, many college 'educated' aren't what they used to be. Many go to college for the student loans they can party with.
    I can remember when I was a child eating out with my mother in restaurants her leaving big tips to the waiters, she said he was paying his way thru college, so he got a larger tip than others.
     
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